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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1975;18(7):532-536. Published online July 31, 1975.

A Case of Cat Cry Syndrome

Chang Hwi Kim¹, Eui Hyun Jo¹, Sang Man Shin¹, Joong Sik Kim¹, Kyoo Wan Choi²

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine Kyung Hee University Seoul, Korea
²Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

This is to report a case of the “Cri du Chat” syndrome, who has been /admitted to the Department of Pediatrics, Kyung Hee University Hospital. ；The patient was a H-month old Korean female infant, brought to the hospital because of growth retardation and pneumonia. The diagnosis of the “Cri du Chat” syndrome was established by the typical cat-crying voice, mental retardation, physical stigma, dermatoglyphic findings, and finally the classical chro- mosome abnormality(46, XX, 5p-). To the best knowledge of the authors, the present case is the first one, ever reported in Korean literature. Relevant literatures were reviewed in brief.

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